IPL 2023: Ten teams captains, squad lists and key players
The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League begins on Friday when title holders Gujarat Titans face Chennai Super Kings in the world's largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad. Before the T20 matches begin, here's a breakdown of the 10 teams in the world's richest cricket tournament that runs until May 28.
Mumbai Indians | Captain: Rohit Sharma | Mumbai paid $1.06 million for Jofra Archer in the 2022 auction but the pace ace missed the season because of an elbow injury. The five-times champions brought Green for $2.11 million after an intense bidding war in the auction ahead of this season. Top foreign players: Cameron Green (Australia all-rounder), Tim David (Singapore-born Australian batsman), Jofra Archer (England fast bowler) Key Indian players: Ishan Kishan (opening batsman) and Suryakumar Yadav, the world's top-ranked T20 batter famed for his all-round hitting and unconventional strokeplay Other players: Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal. IPL record: Champions 5 times (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020), runners-up 2010
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Chennai Super Kings | Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni | England Test skipper Ben Stokes, an IPL regular and hot property, was bought by Chennai for $1.96 million in the December auction but will only play a batter. Top foreign players: Moeen Ali (England all-rounder), Devon Conway (New Zealand batsman) and Ben Stokes (England all-rounder) Key Indian players: Ravindra Jadeja (bowling all-rounder) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (batsman) Other players: Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma. IPL record: Champions four times, (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021), runners-up six times (2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2022)
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Delhi Capitals | Captain: David Warner | Warner was named captain in place of the injured Rishabh Pant after a car crash that has kept the dangerous big-hitter out of action since December. Top foreign players: Lungi Ngidi (South Africa fast bowler), Mitchell Marsh (Australia all-rounder) Key Indian players: Kuldeep Yadav (left-arm wrist spinner) and Axar Patel (bowling all-rounder), who comes into the IPL in red-hot form with his destructive lower-order batting and left-arm spin Other players: Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Ishant Sharma, Phil Salt, Mukesh Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw IPL record: Runners-up (2020)
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Lucknow Super Giants | Captain: KL Rahul | The franchise shelled out $1.95 million for Nicholas Pooran, a finisher who doubles up as a wicketkeeper option. Top foreign players: Quinton de Kock (South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman), Marcus Stoinis (Australia all-rounder) and Nicholas Pooran (West Indies all-rounder) Key Indian players: Avesh Khan (bowler) and Jaydev Unadkat (fast bowler) Other players: Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Sams, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yudhvir Charak. IPL record: Finished third in their IPL debut last year
Gujarat Titans | Captain: Hardik Pandya | Kane Williamson joins West Indies fast bowler Odean Smith and Ireland quick Joshua Little as the three new overseas recruits this season. Top foreign players: David Miller (South Africa batsman), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan leg-spinner), Kane Williamson (New Zealand batsman) Key Indian players: Shubman Gill (batsman) and Mohammed Shami (fast bowler) Other players: Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R. Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Mohit Sharma IPL record: Champions on debut (2022)
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Punjab Kings | Captain: Shikhar Dhawan | Sam Curran, Player of the Tournament in the T20 World Cup with his death bowling skills, became the most expensive IPL player ever when Punjab paid $2.23 million. Top foreign players: Liam Livingstone (England batsman), Kagiso Rabada (South Africa fast bowler), Sam Curran (England all-rounder) Key Indian players: Shahrukh Khan -- a hard-hitting batsman Other players: Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh IPL record: Runners-up when named Kings XI Punjab (2014)
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Rajasthan Royals | Captain: Sanju Samson Top foreign players: Jos Buttler (England wicketkeeper-batsman), Trent Boult (New Zealand fast bowler), Shimron Hetmyer (West Indies batsman) Key Indian players: Yuzvendra Chahal (leg-spinner) and Ravichandran Ashwin (off-spinner) Other players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, KC Cariappa, Jason Holder, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Adam Zampa, KM Asif, Murugan Ashwin, Akash Vashisht, Abdul P A, Joe Root IPL record: Champions in inaugural edition in 2008 under late Australian great Shane Warne
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Kolkata Knight Riders | Captain: Nitish Rana (stand-in for injured Shreyas Iyer) Top foreign players: Andre Russell (West Indies all-rounder), Sunil Narine (West Indies all-rounder), Tim Southee (New Zealand fast bowler) Key Indian players: Venkatesh Iyer (all-rounder), Varun Chakravarthy (leg-spinner) Other players: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N. Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh, Shakib Al Hasan IPL record: Owned by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, the team has been champion twice (2012, 2014) and runners-up once (2021)
Sunrisers Hyderabad | Captain: Aiden Markram | West Indies great and Sunrisers head coach Brian Lara called Brook "young and exciting" after the 24-year-old was signed by the team for $1.6 million. Top foreign players: Marco Jansen (South Africa bowling all-rounder), Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa batsman), Harry Brook (England batsman) Key Indian players: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Seam bowler), Washington Sundar (Spin bowler), Umran Malik (Fast bowler) Other players: Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, T. Natarajan, Mayank Agarwal, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein, Anmolpreet Singh IPL record: Champions once (2016)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore | Captain: Faf du Plessis Top foreign players: Glenn Maxwell (Australia all-rounder), Reece Topley (England left-arm quick), Josh Hazlewood (Australia fast bowler - doubtful due to achilles injury) Key Indian players: Virat Kohli (batsman), Mohammed Siraj (fast bowler), Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper-batsman) Other players: Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Himanshu Sharma, Michael Bracewell, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav IPL record: Runners-up three times (2009, 2011, 2016)
![Sunrisers Hyderabad | Captain: Aiden Markram | West Indies great and Sunrisers head coach Brian Lara called Brook "young and exciting" after the 24-year-old was signed by the team for $1.6 million. Top foreign players: Marco Jansen (South Africa bowling all-rounder), Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa batsman), Harry Brook (England batsman) Key Indian players: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Seam bowler), Washington Sundar (Spin bowler), Umran Malik (Fast bowler) Other players: Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, T. Natarajan, Mayank Agarwal, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein, Anmolpreet Singh IPL record: Champions once (2016)](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2023/03/8-IPL-2023-TEAMS.jpg "Sunrisers Hyderabad | Captain: Aiden Markram | West Indies great and Sunrisers head coach Brian Lara called Brook "young and exciting" after the 24-year-old was signed by the team for $1.6 million. Top foreign players: Marco Jansen (South Africa bowling all-rounder), Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa batsman), Harry Brook (England batsman) Key Indian players: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Seam bowler), Washington Sundar (Spin bowler), Umran Malik (Fast bowler) Other players: Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, T. Natarajan, Mayank Agarwal, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein, Anmolpreet Singh IPL record: Champions once (2016)")
